The 138-foot (42-meter) Life Saga is a year into another new life story. It’s due to her second refit in 10 years. This most recent refit of Life Saga took place from late 2011 to early 2012, by Pastrovich Studio.
Even though work wrapped up a while ago, photos were just released this month. The before and after images of Life Saga let you see the differences between this second refit and the first one, from 2006 to 2008. Interesting enough, both refits of Life Saga occurred at Holland Jachtbouw.
Stefano Pastrovich, principal of Pastrovich Studio, reconfigured the saloon and dining area aboard Life Saga as two separate round areas. (The “before” look is above, the “after” below.) Yet, Pastrovich says, there is a sense of connection, and an increased sense of space, because each is symmetrical. “The design of Life Saga’s main saloon and the dining room is my personal interpretation of the geometrical rules invented during the 5th Century,” Pastrovich says. Those rules maximized a community’s connection from the outermost limits to the innermost. “The plan view is divided into 12 equal sectors of 30 degrees,” he continues. “Each sector follows a specific rule: Some hide the view with an opaque round wall, others let the exterior view become part of the pleasure.” Lighting above and beneath furnishings can change according to the mood desired, too.
Patrovich took a similar approach to visually connecting the saloon and aft deck of Life Saga. Traditional teak decking transitions into longitudinal teak flooring. The saloon furnishings are flushed outboard, to preserve a literal and visual walkway. To make the saloon and aft deck more like an indoor-outdoor area, sliding shoji screens can close off the dining area.
Speaking of the dining area, Pastrovich says the owner of Life Saga rarely used it. “This is why I thought to make this space more fun, by making it possible to transform it into a TV room,” he explains. The dining table lowers for that mode. Another nice touch: the settee and table can rotate to face aft, “depending on his mood,” Pastrovich says.
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Perhaps the biggest transformation aboard Life Saga occurred in the skylounge. The owner wanted the wow factor. He certainly got it, judging from the before and after photos. Various fabrics, furs, marbles, and photos set the scene. The skylounge is now aptly named the Jaguar Lounge (below).
Other areas aboard Life Saga changed, too. The wheelhouse now has all LED screens and a carbon fiber dashboard. The master suite is more serene, with white tones replacing those of woods and warm-colored leathers. The same is true of the guest staterooms aboard Life Saga, too.
Life Saga is back in her owner’s hands, cruising the Med.
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